Tricuspid valve gonococcal endocarditis: Fourth case report

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Akkinepally, Sudha ^a,b   Douglass, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Moreno, Alejandro ^a,b  

^a University Medical Center Brackenridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disseminated gonococcal infection; Endocarditis; Gonorrhea; Tricuspid valve gonococcal endocarditis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; GONORRHEA; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77957346468     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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